170 A. D. 54. 1 THESS. I. 9, 10.—11. 1, 2. : is not hope for what a man seeth, VER. 9. Αὐτοὶ γὰς περὶ ἡμῶν ἀπαγγέλλουσιν ὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔχομεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων, δουλεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῇ a For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, b and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God; a See on ver. 6. b See on Acts xiv. ver. 15. clause 1. c See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 2. See on John vi. ver. 26. clause 1. e And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life, 1 John v. 20. VER. 10. Καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν ὑιὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Ἰησοῦν τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχο μένης. a And to wait for b his Son from head whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the ven, wrath to come. For I know that my Redeemer b See on Matt. xiv. ver. 33. clause 2. CHAP. II.-VER. 1. Αὐτοὶ γὰς οἴδατε, ἀδελφοὶ, τὴν εἴσοδον ἡμῶν τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὅτι οὐ κενὴ γέγονεν· For yourselves, abrethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: a See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 8. clause 3. b See on chap. i. ver. 1. clause 5. VER. 2. ̓Αλλὰ καὶ προπαθόντες καὶ ὑβρισθέν τες, καθὼς οἴδατε, ἐν Φιλίπποις, ἐπαρῥησιασάμεθα ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν λαλῆσαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν πολdyr. a But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the Gospel of God, with much contention. a See Acts xvi. ver. 12-24. See on Acts iv. ver. 29. clause 2. • Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, Opening and alledging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom A. D. 54. 1 THESS. II. 2-9. I preach unto you, is Christ. And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few, Acts xvii. 1-4. And 4 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying, that there is another king, one Jesus, And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go, Acts xvii. 5-9. A. D. 54. a See on 1 Cor. i. ver. 17. clause 1. b See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 12. clause 1. c See on Rom. i. ver. 9. clause 1. VER. 6. Οὔτε ζητοῦντες ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δόξαν, οὔτε ἀφ ̓ ὑμῶν, οὔτε ἀπ ̓ ἄλλων δυνάμενοι ἐν Cage elvai, åç Xpioroï àæíoTODOL" of you, nor yet of others, when we a Nor of men sought we glory, neither might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. ὡς Or, used authority. See on Rom. ii. ver. 29. clause 4. See on Matt. x. ver. 10. clause 3. c See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 3. VER. 7. ἂν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα· ̓Αλλ ̓ ἐγενήθημεν ἤπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, a But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: a To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some, 1 Cor. ix. 22. meekness and gentleness of Christ, Now I Paul myself beseech you by the who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you, 2 Cor. x. 1. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradven acknowledging of the truth, 2 Tim. ture will give them repentance to the ii. 24, 25. VER. 8. Οὕτως ἱμειρόμενοι ὑμῶν, εὐδοκοῦμεν μεταδοῦναι ὑμῖν οὐ μόνον τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰς, διότι ἀγαπητοὶ ἡμῖν γεγένησθε. a So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the Gospel of God only, c but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. a See on Rom. i. ver. 11. clause 1. VER. 9. Μνημονεύετε γὰρ, ἀδελφοὶ, τὸν κόπον ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν μόχθον νυκτὸς γὰρ καὶ A. D. 54. pleasing, Col. i. 10. See also on Rom. vi. ver. 4. clause S. b See on Rom. i. ver. 6. clause 2. VER. 13. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ ἀδιαλείπτως, ὅτι παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρ ̓ ἡμῶν, τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐδέξασθε οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλὰ (καθώς ἐστιν ἀληθῶς) λόγον Θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐνεργεῖται ἐν ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν. a For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, bbecause, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. a See on Rom. i. ver. 8. clause 1. and ver. 9. clauses 4, 5. b See on chap. i. ver. 1. clause 5. d See on Rom. i. ver. 16. clause 3. VER. 14. Ὑμεῖς γὰρ μιμηταὶ ἐγενήθητε, ἀδελ φοί, τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν οὐσῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὅτι ταυτὰ λετῶν, καθὼς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων· ἐπάθετε καὶ ὑμεῖς ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων συμφυ the churches of God which in Judæa bare For ye, brethren, a became followers of in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews; d A. D. 54. 1 THESS. II. 9-14. nuépas spyalóμevos, πpòs тò μù èπiCapσαί τινα ὑμῶν, ἐκηρύξαμεν εἰς ὑμᾶς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ. a For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the Gospel of God. a See on Acts xviii. ver. 3. b See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 5. VER. 10. Ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες καὶ ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως καὶ ἀμέμπτως ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐγενήθημεν a Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: a See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 12. clause 1. VER. 11. Καθάπες οἴδατε ὡς ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν, ὡς πατὴρ τέκνα ἑαυτοῦ, παρακαλοῦντες ὑμᾶς καὶ παραμυθούμενοι, a As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, a And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, Acts xx. 1, 2. I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the Gospel, 1 Cor. iv. 14, 15. VER. 12. Καὶ μαρτυρούμενοι, εἰς τὸ περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν καὶ δόξαν. That ye would walk worthy of God, b who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. a I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Eph. iv. 1. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all a See on chap. i. ver. 6. clause 1. b See on John xiv. ver. 18. For, verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know, chap. iii. 4. But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also, Acts xvii. 5, 6. But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people, 13. A. D. 54. of the cross ceased, Gal. v. 11. Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory, Eph. iv. 13. b See on Matt. xxiii. ver. $2. c See on Matt. xii. ver. 45. clause 4. VER. 17. Ἡμεῖς δὲ, ἀδελφοί, ἀπορφανισθέντες ἀφ ̓ ὑμῶν πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, προσώπων, οὐ καρδίᾳ, περισσοτέρως ἐσπουδάσαμεν τὸ πρόσωπον ὑμῶν ἰδεῖν ἐν πολλῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ. a But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time bin presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. a And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ, Acts xviii. 5. C b See on 1 Cor. v. ver. 3. • Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your ther, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct faith? Now God himself and our Faour way unto you, chap. iii. 10, 11. A. D. 54. 1 THESS. II. 14—19. d And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles, Acts viii. 1. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with | the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people, xii. 1-3. VER. 15. Τῶν καὶ τὸν Κύριον ἀποκτεινάντων Ἰησ σοῦν καὶ τοὺς ἰδίους προφήτας, καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐκδιωξάντων καὶ Θεῷ μὴ ἀρεσκόντων, καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐναντίων· a Who both killed the Lord Jesus, band their own prophets, and have * persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: * Or, chased us out. a See on Matt. xxvii. ver. 35. clause 1. b See on Matt. xxi. ver. 35. c See on Matt. x. ver. 17-22. clause 1. VER. 16. Κωλυόντων ἡμᾶς τοῖς ἔθνεσι λαλῆσαι ἵνα σωθῶσιν, εἰς τὸ ἀναπληρῶσαι αὐτῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας πάντοτε· ἔφθασε δὲ ἐπ ̓ αὐτ · τοὺς ἡ ὀργὴ εἰς τέλος. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, b to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. a But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts, Acts xiii. 50. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people; and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead, xiv. 19. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence VER. 18. Διὸ ἠθελήσαμεν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς (ἐγὼ μὲν Παῦλος) καὶ ἅπαξ καὶ δὶς, καὶ ἐνές κοψεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Σατανᾶς Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but a Satan hindered us. a See on Matt. iv. ver. 1. clause 4. VER. 19. - Τίς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐλπὶς, ἡ χαρὰ, ἢ στέφα νος καυχήσεως ; ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔμπροσ δεν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ; a For what is our hope, or joy, bor crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye at his coming? e in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ * Or, glorying. a See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 14. b Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock: And when the ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, 2 Tim. ii. 15. b See on 2. Cor. v. ver. 20. clause 2. c Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through Ὑμεῖς γάρ ἐστε ἡ δόξα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ much tribulation enter into the kingχαρά. For ye are our glory and joy. CHAP. III.-VER. 1. dom of God, Acts xiv. 22. Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts, Διὸ μηκέτι στέγοντες, εὐδοκήσαμεν και Eph. vi. 22. ταλειφθῆναι ἐν ̓Αθήναις μόνοι, a Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, b we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; a See on chap. ii. ver. 17. b But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed, Acts xvii. 13-15. VER. 2. Καὶ ἐπέμψαμεν Τιμόθεον τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ διάκονον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ συνεργὸν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς τὸ στηρίξαι ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλέσαι ὑμᾶς περὶ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν· And sent Timotheus, our brother, and a minister of God, band our fellow-labourer in the Gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: a Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him, because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek, Acts xvi. 1-3. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be VER. 3. Τῷ μηδένα σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι ταύταις· αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο κείμεθα. a That no man should be moved by these afflictions: b for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. a See on Acts xx. ver. 24. clause 1. See on John xvi. ver. 33. clause 2. VER. 4. Καὶ γὰρ ὅτε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἦμεν, προελέ γομεν ὑμῖν ὅτι μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι, καθὼς καὶ ἐγένετο, καὶ οἴδατε. a For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. a See on chap. i. ver. 6. |